Kamal R Khan gets bail in molestation case, will remain in jail for controversial tweets

Former actor and film critic Kamaal R Khan has reportedly been granted bail by a Mumbai court in connection with a 2021 molestation case filed against him by Versova police. However, he will continue to stay in jail, as his bail plea is pending before the Borivali magistrate court in another case from 2020. The case is related to his derogatory tweets about Akshay Kumar, filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma, and others.

KRK was apprehended from Mumbai airport on August 30 over his old tweets and sent to judicial custody.

According to news agency PTI, Versova police took KRK’s custody on September 4 in the molestation case and he was produced before the Bandra court.

In his bail plea, which was filed by his lawyers, he said that the contents of the First Information Report (FIR) did not match the alleged molestation incident. He also stated that the Indian Penal Code section invoked against KRK was bailable

The FIR was reportedly registered by the victim’s friend 18 months after the incident. The court allowed KRK's plea.

The molestation case against KRK was reportedly filed in June 2021 based on the complaint of a 27-year-old woman. She alleged that he had called her to his Versova bungalow on the pretext of offering her a role in his film.

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